REsources ON Audience
Audience
Who are you writing for? Make sure your audience is clear.
Nielsen Norman: Plain Language is for Everyone, Even Experts
Nielsen Norman - Low Literacy Users: Writing for a Broad Consumer Audience
The Curse of Knowledge
The Curse of Knowledge is the psychological principles based on the idea that it is really hard to "unknow" what you know. In plain language, this means cognizant of how how expertise can get in the way of explaining ideas clearly.
Blog from Usertesting.com: The Curse of Knowledge
Equity and Bias
Chicago Tribune Article: Black Chicagoans confront bias in health care, hope for change
User Experience
Sample Easy Read Guides
From Change in UK - How To Make Information Accessible
Yorkshire County Council in UK - A guide to producing written information in easy read
People First - New Zealand - A Guide To Making Easy Read Information
Examples of Easy Read and Adult Education Texts
Alzheimer's Society: Example of Easy Read Text: Dementia
Bow Valley College, CA: Beginning to Intermediate Health and Life Reading
Grass Roots Press CA: Health Series for Beginning Readers
Health Stories from New Readers Press: Health Texts for Introductory to High Beginning ELLs
Marshall Adult Education MN: Graded Readings through 8th Grade on Health and Life Topics
Mencap UK: Easy Read Guide on Coronavirus
Mental Health Foundation - UK: An Easy Read Guide To Anxiety